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Living with Steam
Living with Steam features the railroad sound recordings made by John M. Prophet III, noted Pennsylvania Railroad historian and dedicated railfan for his entire life. Beginning in 1948, John used a Webster-Chicago Model 288-1 wire recorder to make recordings in Buffalo and other areas in Western New York. When stream engines pulling passenger or freight trains became scarce in the Buffalo area, John ventured into Maryland, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and other areas to continue making his…
THE OLD-TIME RADIO HOUR
Popular & rare vintage radio programs with brief commentary. Posted weekly.
Accidentally Historic
Council Bluffs’ location has put the town into contact with a lot of history. Lewis and Clark and the Mormon pilgrims came through, as did the westbound pioneers on the Oregon and California Trails. Abraham Lincoln designated the town as milepost zero for the transcontinental railroad. The first coast-to-coast automobile trip passed through and later the first transcontinental highway. Council Bluffs was the birthplace of Omaha and first war-time mobile hospital. It also boasted the state’s…
Alexander J. Cassatt - End of the Line
A reading of the story of Alexander Johnston Cassatt, his Pennsylvania Railroad and his Pennsylvania Station, from the biography written in 1975 by Patricia J. Davis, ”End of the Line.”
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